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Unit of Study OSTP3005 - Osteopathic Manual Therapy 5 (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

  • Placement

    No

  • Enrolment information

    Please note this unit has assessments scheduled in Week 7 which will require attendance on-campus. Details will be provided closer to the time.


Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

critically analyse evidence-informed osteopathic health care and scope of practice

develop and negotiate safe and effective patient-centred care with discussion of options for management including holistic/global dysfunction in the context of biopsychosocial model of healthcare

provide the reasoning underpinning the high velocity manipulative techniques in the thoracic and cervical spine and upper limb

demonstrate the safe and effective use of high velocity manipulative techniques in the thoracic and cervical spine and upper limb, including practitioner self-care

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • Nicholas, A & Nicholas, E, 2008, Atlas of Osteopathic Techniques, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment
  • No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.